બેઠક Bethak

સૌ કીસણ ચાર.

sau kīsaṇa cāra.

Literally
All show off.
What it means
Said of people who pretend to have skills or knowledge they do not actually possess.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.To swallow a whole ox and be choked with the tail.

Also said as

  • કીસણ બધે બતાવે કાઈ નહીં.
  • કીસણ બતાવી શું ભીખ માગવી છે ?
  • સૌ કીસણ બતાવે, પણ ગુરૂ ભાગ બાકી રાખે.
  • કામણ શીખવે, પણ વાલણ પોતાની પાસે રાખે.
  • તાળું બતાવે, પણ કુંચી કરસનજીને હાથ.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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